Geography General Knowledge #16

Can you answer these random geography questions?

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Which U.S. state is just north of California?

Oregon

What city on the French Riviera is known for its film festival?

Cannes

What city has "The Forbidden City" inside it?

Beijing

What is the title of the ruler of Brunei?

Sultan

What was once the third largest lake in the world but, due to Soviet irrigation projects, has now mostly dried up?

Aral Sea

What Asian country is Germany's greatest source of foreign-born residents?

Turkey

What is the most populous city in South America?

São Paulo

What mountain range spans Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia?

Caucasus

What country gained its independence from Ethiopia in 1993, turning Ethiopia into a landlocked country?

Eritrea

What body of water is known to the French as La Manche, "the sleeve"?

English Channel

On what island would you find the world's largest national park, nearly 1 million km² in size?

Greenland

What Mexican city on the Yucatán Peninsula receives more than 20 million visitors a year?

Cancún

What U.S. territory has a population of about 3 million and speaks mostly Spanish?

Puerto Rico

What is the world's northernmost country with a Muslim majority?

Kazakhstan

What peninsula is shared by Denmark and Germany?

Jutland

What city is spelled as Санкт-Петербург in its native language?

Saint Petersburg

What province in southwest China is known for peppers with a distinctive numbing effect?

Sichuan

In what lake would you find Middle Island, the southernmost point in Canada?

Lake Erie

What is the name of the semi-arid strip of land to the south of the Sahara?

Sahel

What sea route passes between the mainland of South America and the islands of the Tierra del Fuego?

Strait of Magellan

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14 Comments

Level 64

Apr 12, 2025

These Chinese cities always trap me. 😕😕😕

Level 88

Apr 12, 2025

Like getting Shanghaied?

Level 95

Apr 14, 2025

Maybe accept some alternate spellings?

Level 85

Apr 12, 2025

Pelee Island is not the southernmost point in Canada, that would be Middle Island.

Level ∞

Apr 12, 2025

Fixed

Level 75

Apr 13, 2025

The Caucasus spans into Russia as well.

+15

Level 87

Apr 13, 2025

To be fair, the question didn't say it doesn't.

Level 91

Apr 13, 2025

Manche/La Manche works for English Channel even though it is in the question

Level 60

Apr 15, 2025

was just about to say that, i'm french and i wrote it out of frustration and it worked i was like "what ?"

Level 45

Apr 18, 2025

the "Sichuan" question was easy considering my mom is from there.

Level 87

May 23, 2025

20/20

Level 65

Oct 27, 2025